This Week in United Kingdom

Joy to the World

Last updated 22 January 2025

Broadcast: Wednesday 25th December 2024
5:10pm-6:04pm GMT < « Premiere

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(actually broadcast at 17:13:00)
BBC One

Featuring: Ncuti Gatwa, Nicola Coughlan, Millie Gibson, Jonathan Aris

When Joy opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel, she discovers danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the earth, just in time for Christmas.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide

Broadcast Source: BBC

Ratings Information:

Initial figures: 4.110m viewers (overnight), 32.0% audience share, 6th place day
Consolidated figures: 5.911m viewers (+7 days), 37.7% audience share, 7th place - BARB Week (Four Screen inc pre-transmission), AI 76

Doctor Who was 6th for the day on overnights in a BBC dominated top ten for Christmas Day. The top spot was taken by the finale to Gavin and Stacey with 12.32m, followed by Wallace and Gromit's new adventure with 9.38m. The King's Speech got a shade over 6m (multi channel consolidation), and 4th and 5th spots went to Call the Midwife and the second part of Eastenders with 4.43m and 4.39m respectively.

The highest rated ITV1 programme was Coronation Street with 2.5m.